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AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF REAL PROPERTY TO
ALLOW LOTS, YARDS OR OTHER REAL PROPERTY TO BECOME UNSIGHTLY AND/OR UNSAINTARY;
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1: All persons, firms, or corporations owning or occupying any lot,
yard or other real property within the City of Batesville, Arkansas, shall keep
said lot, yard or other real property clear of grown-up weeds, rubbish, fallen
trees, accumulated piles or scattered items of trash, brush, or garbage or
other unsightly or unsanitary articles or things.
Section 2: All persons, firms or corporations owning any lot, yard or other
property shall see that any stagnant pools of water or other unsanitary things,
place or condition which might become a breeding place for mosquitoes, flies or
germs harmful to the community, are eliminated, filled up or otherwise removed.
Section 3: If after ten (10) days notice any person, firm or corporation
continuing to violate this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than Twenty Five Dollars
($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) with each day of
violation of this ordinance being deemed separate offenses. Said notice shall
be in the form of a letter or warning citation.
Section 4: This ordinance shall not repeal or affect the validity of any
ordinance allowing the City of Batesville to collect or enforce any lien which
it may obtain by its clearance of unsightly or unsanitary conditions upon real
property.
Section 5: If an part or parts of this ordinance shall hereinafter be declared
unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise unlawful then that part shall be deemed
severed from the remaining valid portions and those remaining portions shall
continue in effect as if those declared unlawful had never been a part hereof.
Section 6: Emergency Clause: Whereas, it is the duty of the owners and
occupants of real property to keep their property clean and when an owner fails
to do so the result is hazardous to the community's health and whereas, under
existing ordinances the city is not able to effectively compel owners or
occupants to keep real property clean, and whereas, this ordinance is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare
an emergency is declared and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and approval.
ADOPTED this __—�_3 40 day of June, 1981.
APPROVED:
JIM SHIRRELL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LARRY WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK